See ならない in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Negative form of なる (naru).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "naranai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなく",
"roman": "naranaku",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-adj-infl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ならない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "naranai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "ならない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "naranai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "なりません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ならないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "narimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "naranai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "なりませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "narimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku arimasendeshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "naranasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "ならない • (naranai) -i (adverbial ならなく (naranaku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
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"attributive": "ならない",
"conditional": "ならなければ",
"conjunctive": "ならなくて",
"continuative": "ならなく",
"degree": "ならなさ",
"formal": "なりません\nならない です",
"formal_negative": "ならなく ありません\nならなく ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "ならなく ありませんでした\nならなく なかった です",
"formal_past": "なりません でした\nならなかった です",
"hypothetical": "ならなけれ",
"imperative": "ならなかれ",
"imperfective": "ならなかろ",
"informal_negative": "ならなく ない",
"informal_negative_past": "ならなく なかった",
"informal_past": "ならなかった",
"kana": "",
"lemma": "",
"provisional": "ならなかったら",
"terminal": "ならない",
"volitional": "ならなかろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "ikenai",
"word": "いけない"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "warui",
"ruby": [
[
"悪",
"わる"
]
],
"word": "悪い"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "dame",
"ruby": [
[
"駄",
"だ"
],
[
"目",
"め"
]
],
"word": "駄目"
}
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"english": "However, that is no excuse.",
"literal_meaning": "However, that excuse is not acceptable.",
"roman": "Shikashi, sore wa iiwake ni wa naranai.",
"ruby": [
[
"言",
"い"
],
[
"訳",
"わけ"
]
],
"text": "しかし、それは言い訳にはならない。",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"word": "なる"
}
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"なる#Japanese"
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],
"tags": [
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]
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"illegal, forbidden, prohibited, not allowed, not permitted"
],
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"illegal",
"illegal"
],
[
"forbidden",
"forbidden"
],
[
"prohibited",
"prohibited"
],
[
"allowed",
"allowed"
],
[
"permitted",
"permitted"
]
]
},
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},
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 29 68",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 30 66",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 14 86",
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"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 28 72",
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"english": "You must not kill him.",
"roman": "Kare o koroshite wa naranai.",
"ruby": [
[
"彼",
"かれ"
],
[
"殺",
"ころ"
]
],
"text": "彼を殺してはならない。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"it’s bad if..., must not"
],
"id": "en-ならない-ja-adj-Sjv2tgCN",
"links": [
[
"bad",
"bad"
],
[
"must not",
"must not"
]
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "ならない"
},
{
"ipa": "[na̠ɾa̠na̠i]"
}
],
"word": "ならない"
}
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],
"etymology_text": "Negative form of なる (naru).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "naranai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなく",
"roman": "naranaku",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-adj-infl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ならない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "naranai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "ならない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "naranai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "なりません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ならないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "narimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "naranai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "なりませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "narimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku arimasendeshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "naranakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "naranaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "ならなさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "naranasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
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"infl": "i"
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"attributive": "ならない",
"conditional": "ならなければ",
"conjunctive": "ならなくて",
"continuative": "ならなく",
"degree": "ならなさ",
"formal": "なりません\nならない です",
"formal_negative": "ならなく ありません\nならなく ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "ならなく ありませんでした\nならなく なかった です",
"formal_past": "なりません でした\nならなかった です",
"hypothetical": "ならなけれ",
"imperative": "ならなかれ",
"imperfective": "ならなかろ",
"informal_negative": "ならなく ない",
"informal_negative_past": "ならなく なかった",
"informal_past": "ならなかった",
"kana": "",
"lemma": "",
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"terminal": "ならない",
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"pos": "adj",
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"roman": "ikenai",
"word": "いけない"
},
{
"roman": "warui",
"ruby": [
[
"悪",
"わる"
]
],
"word": "悪い"
},
{
"english": "dame",
"ruby": [
[
"駄",
"だ"
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[
"目",
"め"
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"english": "However, that is no excuse.",
"literal_meaning": "However, that excuse is not acceptable.",
"roman": "Shikashi, sore wa iiwake ni wa naranai.",
"ruby": [
[
"言",
"い"
],
[
"訳",
"わけ"
]
],
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"type": "example"
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"word": "なる"
}
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"negative of なる (naru)"
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"なる",
"なる#Japanese"
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"negative of なる (naru) [godan]"
],
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},
{
"glosses": [
"illegal, forbidden, prohibited, not allowed, not permitted"
],
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"illegal",
"illegal"
],
[
"forbidden",
"forbidden"
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[
"prohibited",
"prohibited"
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"allowed"
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[
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"english": "You must not kill him.",
"roman": "Kare o koroshite wa naranai.",
"ruby": [
[
"彼",
"かれ"
],
[
"殺",
"ころ"
]
],
"text": "彼を殺してはならない。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"it’s bad if..., must not"
],
"links": [
[
"bad",
"bad"
],
[
"must not",
"must not"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(てはならない) it’s bad if..., must not"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "ならない"
},
{
"ipa": "[na̠ɾa̠na̠i]"
}
],
"word": "ならない"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ならない meaning in Japanese (7.3kB)
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"ならない"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "ならない",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: てはならない",
"path": [
"ならない"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "ならない",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: てはならない",
"path": [
"ならない"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "ならない",
"trace": ""
}
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